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On partitions of the real line

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Answering a question of Sierpinski, we prove that the real line is not necessarily the disjoint union of {btℵ} 1 non-emptyG σ sets.

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  1. University of Essex, Colchester, England

    D. H. Fremlin & S. Shelah

  2. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    D. H. Fremlin & S. Shelah

  3. University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    D. H. Fremlin & S. Shelah

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Fremlin, D.H., Shelah, S. On partitions of the real line. Israel J. Math. 32, 299–304 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02760459

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